fearfully
fearfully — 副詞
1. doing something while feeling or showing fear, nervousness, or concern about wha
害怕地
帶著恐懼或不安做某事
doing something while feeling or showing fear, nervousness, or concern about what might happen
The little girl clung fearfully to her mother's hand as the thunder roared outside.
小女孩害怕地緊緊抓住媽媽的手，因為外面雷聲大作。
verb + fearfully with physical action (cling)
Eshe looked around fearfully when she heard footsteps in the dark alley.
Eshe 聽到黑暗小巷裡有腳步聲，害怕地四處張望。
fearfully with looking / scanning verb
Tuan fearfully peered around the corner of the old library, listening for footsteps.
Tuan 害怕地往舊圖書館的角落裡窺看，仔細聽著腳步聲。
Rodrigo spoke fearfully about the upcoming exam, his voice barely above a whisper.
Rodrigo 害怕地說著即將到來的考試，聲音幾乎低得像耳語。
The hikers fearfully watched the smoke rising over the ridge ahead of them.
登山者們害怕地看著前方山脊上升起的煙霧。
- nervously
focuses on the feeling of worry rather than the direct emotion of fear
- timidly
suggests a lack of confidence or courage, not always rooted in immediate fear
- apprehensively
emphasises worry about something that may happen in the future
- anxiously
a more general term for worry or unease, not necessarily tied to a specific danger
- fearlessly
doing something without any fear at all
- boldly
showing confidence and a willingness to take risks
文法句型
verb + fearfully
fearfully + verb
用法筆記
Commonly pairs with verbs of movement or perception (creep, stare, look, speak, cling) to show that the action is done with fear.
常見錯誤
2. to emphasise that a quality exists to a very high degree, especially an unpleasa
極其
強調程度極高，常用於負面描述
to emphasise that a quality exists to a very high degree, especially an unpleasant or intense one
The tickets were fearfully expensive, so we stayed home to watch a movie instead.
門票極其昂貴，所以我們待在家裡看電影。
fearfully + adjective of cost
During the heatwave in Tokyo last July, the air was fearfully hot even after sunset.
去年七月東京熱浪來襲時，連日落後空氣都極其炎熱。
fearfully + adjective (weather, with time-place context)
The statistics exam was fearfully difficult — only three students in the class passed.
統計學考試極其困難——全班只有三名學生及格。
Beatrix found the city traffic fearfully loud after years in the countryside.
在鄉下住了多年之後，Beatrix 覺得城市交通極其吵鬧。
After the storm damaged the roof, the repair bill was fearfully high — more than Saira's entire monthly salary.
暴風雨摧毀屋頂後，修理費用極其高昂——比 Saira 整個月的薪水還多。
- extremely
neutral and widely usable across formal and informal contexts
- terribly
similar intensity but carries a slightly negative connotation
- dreadfully
more old-fashioned or British in tone, often used for emphasis in mild complaints
文法句型
fearfully + adjective
用法筆記
Nearly always appears before an adjective. Common adjective partners include expensive, difficult, hot, loud, cold, and high. This sense is more informal than using 'extremely'.